Short Vowel Phonics Worksheets
How the sounds work (Find the middle sound): Say the word in three parts: p – i – g. The middle sound is the vowel: a (cat), e (hen), i (pig), o (dog), u (sun). Try each vowel in the gap: only one makes the word in the picture.
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- 1.Which picture has the same middle sound as “ten”? (a) bug (b) red (c) cap
- 2.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hat”? (a) sun (b) van (c) fox
- 3.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bag”? (a) run (b) lip (c) bat
- 4.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bat”? (a) lip (b) map (c) box
- 5.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) log (b) pan (c) gem
- 6.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bug”? (a) lip (b) run (c) bat
- 7.🧢 c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) e
- 8.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) o
- 9.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) red (b) pin (c) box
- 10.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bin”? (a) log (b) zip (c) hug
- 11.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) can (b) six (c) ten
- 12.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pin”? (a) pig (b) dog (c) bug
- 13.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) o
- 14.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) hug (b) ten (c) pan
- 15.🔟 t _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) e
- 16.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) six (b) hen (c) cap
- 17.👜 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) o
- 18.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) box (b) web (c) pin
- 19.Which picture has the same middle sound as “rat”? (a) van (b) tub (c) gem
- 20.Which picture has the same middle sound as “rat”? (a) bus (b) bat (c) leg
- 21.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) u
- 22.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) e
- 23.Which picture has the same middle sound as “net”? (a) hen (b) dot (c) map
- 24.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) bat (b) leg (c) bin
- 25.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) sun (b) six (c) dot
- 26.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) six (b) leg (c) tap
- 27.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tap”? (a) can (b) pen (c) dot
- 28.🍳 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) a
- 29.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bin”? (a) cap (b) log (c) lip
- 30.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tub”? (a) six (b) log (c) nut
- 31.Which picture has the same middle sound as “zip”? (a) cap (b) pig (c) tub
- 32.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) bug (b) web (c) tap
- 33.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) pig (b) fox (c) tub
- 34.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bat”? (a) pan (b) tub (c) six
- 35.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) hen (b) dog (c) hat
- 36.Which picture has the same middle sound as “lip”? (a) zip (b) fox (c) web
- 37.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) six (b) bed (c) log
- 38.Which picture has the same middle sound as “leg”? (a) can (b) bug (c) web
- 39.Which picture has the same middle sound as “zip”? (a) leg (b) map (c) bin
- 40.🐔 h _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) i
Answer key
- red
- van
- bat
- map
- pan
- run
- a
- o
- red
- zip
- ten
- pig
- i
- hug
- e
- hen
- a
- box
- van
- bat
- u
- o
- hen
- leg
- six
- tap
- can
- a
- lip
- nut
- pig
- bug
- fox
- pan
- hat
- zip
- log
- web
- bin
- e
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